Brittnee Cooper
Position: Middle Blocker
Height: 191 cm/6-3
Weight: NA
Hometown/Residence: Houston, Texas/Houston, Texas
Birth Date: Feb. 26, 1988
College/Major/Grad Year: Louisiana State University/Sociology/NA
Joined Team: January 2010
MAJOR INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: None
INTERNATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS: None
COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 – Named AVCA All-America First-Team…One of three Tigers to play in all 32 matches and 116 sets ... Became first player in program history to win SEC Player of the Year award in addition to fourth player to earn Louisiana Player of the Year ... Paced LSU with 410 kills, a .409 hitting percentage and 159 total blocks ... her .409 hitting clip was a program single-season record, headlined the SEC and ranked sixth nationally ... the 159 blocks are fourth for a single-season, while her 1.37 blocks per set led the SEC and ranked No. 18 in the nation ... Recorded double-figure kills 23 times and attacked at over a .400 ratio on 19 occasions ... Provided at least five blocks in 15 matches. 2008 – One of three Tigers to appear in every set of every match ... Named All-SEC, All-LSWA and All-AVCA South Region First Team after posting 302 kills on a team-best .336 attack percentage (ranked fourth in the SEC) ... Racked up 126 blocks at a 1.21 per set ratio, which led the SEC and ranked 34th in the NCAA ... Registered five blocks or more 11 times. 2007 – Played in 128 of 132 games in 32 of 33 matches ... Selected to the All-Louisiana second team ... Tied for the fifth most single-season block assists in school history ... Ranked second on the team, fourth in the SEC and 32nd in the NCAA in blocks per game. 2006 – Played in 35 games in 15 matches splitting time at middle blocker and opposite positions ... Ranked third on the team in blocks per game ... Recorded seven matches with a .300 hitting percentage or better.
OTHER USA VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE: Member of the U.S. Women’s National A2 Red Team that finished with the Open Division silver medal at the 2009 USA Adult Open Championships in Minneapolis…Member of the U.S. Women’s National A2 Red Team that won the Open Division gold medal at the 2008 USA Adult Open Volleyball Championships in Atlanta.
CLUB/PREP CAREER: Member of the Houston Juniors 16 National club team that finished fifth in the Junior Olympics in 2004…Earned three letters in volleyball for head coach Tony Smith and three letters in basketball at Thurgood Marshall High School ... Was a first-team all-district selection in 2004 ... Earned second-team all-district honors in 2003 ... In 2005, led the Houston area in blocking and was named the team’s best defensive player ... Selected the Most Valuable Player of her volleyball team twice and her basketball team once ... Named a Duchess for her senior class ... Earned the Buffalo Soldier award for basketball ... Member of the Honor Roll for three years.
PERSONAL: Born Brittnee Shannon Cooper on Feb. 26, 1988…Parents are Stephen Cooper and Mary Alfred…Aunt Edrina Baker played volleyball at University of Texas-Arlington.
